This is a travelogue memoir written in Swedish by the Finnish-Swedish natural scientist and explorer Pehr Kalm about his journey to North America in the mid-18th century. The book covers his time spent in Pennsylvania, Hudson Bay, Montreal and Quebec, and includes observations about fauna and flora, Indigenous peoples and colonial society.

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